InkTober 2015 - part 5

Last part of the challenge. With a bit of delay posting because I was very busy at work.

Anyway: we did it!! I can barely believe it.

These have been fun to do, even if there were some days when I was less than inspired or motivated.

I'm thinking of doing more of these drawings, but not on a daily basis. Maybe once a week or something like that. We'll see.

Anyway, hurray for another successful InkTober month!

 

 

InkTober 2015 - part 4

More InkTober drawings. A few little stories unfolding. Maybe I'll do something with them one day.

You can follow my InkTober drawings daily on my Instagram account. 

 

 

InkTober 2015 - part 3

Next part of my Inktober drawings. Still at it, I can barely believe it!

Some ideas inspire more than one drawing and a mini story. It makes coming up with ideas a tiny bit easier for one day or two.

I find that I have to do more research  and reference sketches, which shows that I still have a lot to learn before drawing from imagination becomes more natural.

In spite of all the work, or maybe because of it, I'm really enjoying this challenge. Maybe I will keep making these at regular intervals (just not every day!) when the Inktober challenge is over.

InkTober 2015 - part 2

Second part of my InkTober drawings. Some ideas just pop into your head and others are much more laboured.

One would think that the more spontaneous ideas are better produced in the end, but that is not necessarily the case at all.

If you want to follow my InkTober drawings daily, you can check out my Instagram account. 

 

InkTober 2015 - part 1

It's that time of the year again! The time when you challenge yourself to make one ink drawing every day during the whole month of October.

And because I'm a bit of a masochist, I decided to commit to an additional obligation: to make one drawing from imagination every day.

I'm taking my motivation from the great Nina Johansson, who has been doing that the whole year already without fail. Truly inspiring.

Here are the first few I did. So far so good. Let's see where imagination takes me next.

If you want to follow my InkTober drawings daily, you can check out my Instagram account. 

You can also check my dedicated album on Flickr which I will be updating regularly to see them all together.

 

 

InkTober - part 4

Woohoo! I made it!

I had never used ink as much before. It really was quite a challenge and very interesting to explore new ways to draw with only this medium.

Next year I might add a theme to the challenge. At least it will remove the added work of having to find a new subject every day. We'll see.

In the meantime, HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

The next Cristiano Ronaldo

Inspired by Mucha

This little guy was too cute to resist

Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (sort of) in Funny Face

Little underwear thief?

He looks like he's blushing at some compliment

Autumn is in the air

King of the forest

This is as scary as I can draw, lol

You can see the rest of the sketches here: part 1, part 2 and part 3.

InkTober - part 3

I can't believe I have gotten this far with the InkTober challenge!

To be honest, I expected to skip a few day here and there, maybe even entirely give up halfway through the month.

So, although I'm not thrilled by all my drawings, I am proud to have kept at it until now.

22 days done - 9 left!

Saw this huge butterfly in Vienna's butterfly house.

I got this little guy in a Kinder Egg. It has a brush and 2 colours.

Larry couldn't quite overcome his shyness.

Looooove Alfred Hitchcock's movies!

Ribbit!

I found this toy in a museum in Vienna. Kids love it!

Fight the giants!

Poised to take off.

InkTober - part 2

Here is the second part of my InkTober drawings. I find that the hardest part so far is choosing a subject. Which is why I turn to the internet for inspiration.

Unfortunately, as so often happens when surfing the web, I don't always remember to write down the source (or it simply is not specified where I find the picture).

So if you recognize one of your photos, please let me know so I can credit you appropriately.

In any case, I hope you enjoy my work inspired by yours!

A jolly Buddha!

Difficult to catch the movement of the wings

Can can!

I love apes!

It reminded me of Finding Nemo

By Odin, more beer!

This one reminded me of La Fontaine's fable, The Lion and the Rat